Full Text of SR0217 103rd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
| 3 | | to learn of the death of Laurence Msall of Inverness, formerly | 4 | | of Oak Park, who passed
away on February 4, 2023 at the age of | 5 | | 61; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was born in Chicago on January 3,
| 7 | | 1962 to parents Emil and Lucille (Kotewa) Msall; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall graduated from St. Ignatius | 9 | | College Prep
and Knox College; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall earned a Juris Doctor degree from
| 11 | | Loyola University School of Law in 1992; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a recipient of the 1992 Loyola
| 13 | | Leadership and Service Award; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Knox College in 1984, | 15 | | Laurence Msall moved to Springfield to work for
then-Governor | 16 | | Jim Thompson at the Department of Commerce and
Community | 17 | | Affairs (DCCA) and served as DCCA's chief
legislative liaison; | 18 | | and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall joined the staff of the Commercial
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| 1 | | Club of Chicago in 1990 as vice president, where he worked to
| 2 | | promote regional economic development strategies and special | 3 | | projects, including the Soldier Field rehab and reorganization
| 4 | | of the United Way of Chicago; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall served as secretary to the
| 6 | | Commercial Club Foundation and as vice president of the Civic
| 7 | | Committee; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was appointed by then-Governor
| 9 | | George H. Ryan as Senior Advisor for Economic Development in
| 10 | | 1999, where he oversaw eleven of the State's economic
| 11 | | development and infrastructure-related agencies; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a member of the Civic
| 13 | | Federation, a bipartisan research organization working to
| 14 | | reduce government costs and improve public services; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall spent the last 21 years as
| 16 | | president of the Civic Federation; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was an active member of St. Giles
| 18 | | Catholic Parish in Oak Park and Holy Family in Inverness; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of his professional career, | 20 | | Laurence Msall earned the trust and respect of Illinois |
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| 1 | | elected officials, policymakers, and policy advocates alike | 2 | | for his wise and thoughtful counsel on fiscal and budget | 3 | | matters; he regularly provided input and feedback in the | 4 | | government and public arenas and was highly regarded and | 5 | | admired for his intelligence, honesty, and insight as well as | 6 | | his friendly and respectful manner; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a committed supporter of the
| 8 | | non-profit L'Arche Chicago, which works to help adults with
| 9 | | intellectual disabilities lead happy, fulfilling lives; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall married Nicola Hill in
2018; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was an avid runner, devoted | 12 | | Chicago White Sox and Bruce Springsteen fan, fisherman,
world | 13 | | traveler, husband, father, grandfather, uncle,
and friend; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was a longtime honorary member of | 15 | | the Harmon family and was a mentor and an all-around sounding | 16 | | board to Senate President Don Harmon, encompassing the Oak | 17 | | Park and St. Ignatius days, Knox College and the practice of | 18 | | law, Tuesday Night Hoops, and Family Mass; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall was preceded in death by his
| 20 | | mother, his father, and his brother, Gerard Peter; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall is survived by his wife, Nicola;
| 2 | | his three daughters, Lucille, Camille, and Matilda; Nicola's
| 3 | | children, Alex (Maria), Samantha (Michael), Tommy, Tess, and
| 4 | | Oscar; his three grandchildren, Valerie, Owen, and newly born
| 5 | | Reece Laurence; eight of his siblings, Michael (Karla), Anita,
| 6 | | Karin (Steve) Fischer, Mary (Scott) Rogers, Camille, Madeleine
| 7 | | (Frank Mauceri), Christianne, and Julianne (Christopher)
| 8 | | Pegler; his first wife, Mary Jo Smith; and his many nieces and
| 9 | | nephews; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Laurence Msall will be missed by his family, many
| 11 | | friends, colleagues, and the community whom he knew
and loved; | 12 | | therefore, be it | 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL | 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 15 | | Laurence Msall and extend our sincere condolences to his | 16 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 17 | | further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 19 | | presented to the family of Laurence Msall as an expression of
| 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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